Since the original announcement, we know two more books have joined the lineup (Corsair and Epilogue), and considering this is DC’s weekly event, I’m wondering if we’ll see a few more titles appear before this is all over to make this a nice round 52 week event.

So, Dear Reader, what title are you most looking forward to reading, and which one(s) are you going to avoid?

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The only books I’m not super-excited about are Ozymandias and Nite Owl. They were always may least favorite characters in the original books and they were my least favorite characters in the movie. Everything else, though, I’m pretty stoked about.

Though, if Darwyn Cooke wasn’t doing Minutemen, I really wouldn’t care that much. But since he is, I can’t wait to read it.

I like a lot of the people involved, but given that (a) Watchmen was the best example of a totally self-contained book ever and (b) like Dr. Coogan, I believe that the sequel has already been done, I have reservations. This will either be surprisingly good or an entertaining train wreck. I’m not as embittered about this as some people already are online (seriously), but I’ll be watching from a distance to see if the finished product is any good.

I like Watchmen for its literary significance and the analysis that can be done on it- not the least of which has been the works of Dr. Coogan that this site has shared and promoted- but honestly I don’t particularly enjoy the book as a piece of entertainment. To me, it very much was a timely commentary piece that’s time has passed so I don’t necessarily need to go to that particular work to find the same mood, deconstruction, cynicism, symbolism, etc. And while the characters are interesting, I’m not THAT interested.

The creative teams seem on point (barring the miraculous return of Moore himself) so I’m certainly not adverse to picking them up if I hear they’re good, but I’m also not putting any of these on my pre-order list. Unless Watchmen becomes an onging or starts to really consume community conversation, I’m content to trade-wait.

But you put a gun to my head and make me pick one… I’d probably go with Rorschach. Even though I feel like we know his character pretty well, Azzarello and Bermejo have so much chemistry. I’m more curious about Dr. Manhattan, but JMS has let me down too much of late… and I’m a little afraid of giant blue junk rendered in Adam Hughes glory! ;)

Given the Cold War setting of Watchmen and the fact that it came out during the cold war it had very specific resonance as an artifact of its time. It really said everything about the events leading up to Veidt’s actions that needed to be said.

This announcement really amounts to another example of authorized fan fiction. Big name, and possibly high quality fan fiction, but fan fiction nonetheless. I’m personally not interested in it, especially given the fact that there appears to be an announced title called Before Watchmen: Epilogue. Isn’t Watchmen the epilogue to what happened Before Watchmen.

Wish DC would have picked someone else besides JMS and not given him two series to author. I think Mark Millar and Garth Ennis would have been good choices. If this is financially successful for DC, then I’m sure we’ll see more “Before” titles emerging. Before The Dark Knight Returns, anyone?

I really am looking forward to Rorshach and Ozymandius, but I do fear that a lot of Doctor Manhattan is going to be looking forward to events happening in Watchmen. The interesting thing about Doc. Manhattan is that he explained the past and future (up to the New York incident), so what else is there for him to explain when we already know everything that is already relevant to the story?

Okay, I am about to commit heresy, but I did NOT like the Watchmen when it first came out, and I’ve never been able to finish reading it in any of its incarnations since, and I haven’t watched the movie yet, either. I didn’t like the art – the original artist was my least favorite artist since Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko; and I found the writing derivative at best, and the combination of stiff art and sluggish writing made me just not care. I find it interesting that all the writers and artist on the prequels are better writers and artists than the original lot, in my humble opinion. If I may quote Welsh above: YAWN.

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